Definition of "cannie" [cannie]

• See canny.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "This was true, for Geordie Sinclair was rather a "cannie" man, and had never been given to beating his children before."
• "Then wait a wee, and cannie wale [sensibly choose]"
• "As exponents of the cautious, cannie Scot we should think them a satire did we not know what a wild vein of Celtic wit runs through the granite foundation of his character."